Staff Frontend Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end development of frontend modules and drive critical technical decisions.
• Build and maintain performant, reusable, and scalable React components and libraries.
• Take full ownership of deliverables from requirement understanding to release, ensuring quality, reliability, and timeliness.
• Drive SSR/SSG implementations for SEO optimisation and performance.
• Mentor and guide team members through code reviews, pair programming, and technical discussions.
• Define and enforce coding standards, testing practices, and performance guidelines across projects.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver seamless, delightful user experiences. bottlenecks an
• Proactively identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and improve app responsiveness.
• Ensure observability, reliability, and maintainability of frontend systems.
• Evaluate and integrate AI-assisted development tools to enhance velocity and code quality.
• Drive frontend performance, SEO, and accessibility improvements through thoughtful architecture and metrics-driven development.
• Continuously improve developer experience through better tooling, documentation, and build pipelines.
• Influence frontend architecture and best practices across multiple projects.
• Take ownership of project timelines, prioritisation, and risk management, maintaining accountability and transparency.
• Use frontend profiling tools(Lighthouse, React Profiler, Web Vitals) to measure and optimise real-world performance.
• Stay up to date with evolving frontend ecosystems, frameworks, and emerging technologies, applying relevant improvements to the product.
  

Requirements

• 4+ years of hands-on React.js experience with a deep understanding of hooks, component architecture, and performance optimisation.
• Strong command over TypeScript, JavaScript (ES6+), HTML5 and CSS3
• Proven expertise with SSR/SSG concepts and hands-on implementation.
• Experience with state management tools(Redux, Zustand, Recoil, or Context API).
• Familiarity with modern styling systems like TailwindCSS, styled-components, Emotion, or CSS Modules.
• Solid understanding of frontend architecture, browser rendering lifecycle, and performance metrics.
• Experience with frontend caching and data-fetching tools(React Query, SWR).
• Strong knowledge of build and bundling tools such as Webpack or Vite.
• Understanding of frontend security, accessibility (a11y), and performance best practices.
• Ability to debug complex UI flows and perform root cause analysis efficiently.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively at various levels - intra-team, inter-group, spoken skills, and written skills - including email, presentation and articulation skills.
• Strong knowledge of Git, CI/CD pipelines, and deployment workflows.
• Proficiency in testing frameworks like Jest, React Testing Library, or Cypress.
• Familiarity with scalable architecture patterns and design systems.
• Experience building or maintaining Progressive Web Apps (PWAs).
• Understanding of frontend observability tools(Sentry, Datadog, etc. ).
• Awareness of analytics and data-driven UI improvements.